Washing-machine.



H. BUDD. WASHING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 29, 1912.

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WA$HING-1VIACHINE To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, PlanarBruin, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Independence, in thecounty of lilontgnniery and State of Kansas, have invented certain newand useful improvements in YVashing-Machines; and l do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to washing machines, and more particularly to adevice adapted for attachment to an ordinary wash bench, and formovement into and from a tub supported on the bench, so that it may beused when desired and when not in use may be turned back out of the wayof the laundrcss, the object of the present invention being to provide aconvenient and. portable support ing arm for swinging and supporting thewashing device. In accomplishing this object, I have provided theimproved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated inthe accompanying d awings, whercin:-

Figure I is a perspective view of a wash bench and a washing devicemounted on the bench by my improved supporting means, parts of thewringer with which the bench is equipped being omitted to betterdisclose the supporting means. Fig. Ill is an enlarged vertical sectionof part of the washing device showing the supporting means holding thewashing device in idle position. Fig. HI is an enlarged perspective ofone of the supporting arms and a part oi the washing device, showing theconnection oil? these parts.

Referring more in detail to the parts:-- 1 designates a wash bench ofany ordinary construction and equipped with a wringer which is partiallyillustrated at 2, one of the wringer rollers having a shaft 3 extendingthrough the bench standards and journaled therein, one end oi. the shaftbeing equipped with a handle 4: by which the wringer is operated.

5 indicates the washing device which is adapted for projection into thetop of the ordinary washtub 6 when the latter is supported on the benchand comprises a base 7 having vertical supports 8 and 9 adapted forSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1912.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Serial No. 693,976.

sliding travel relative to each other, and end flanges 10. On thesupport 8 are rollers 11 and on the support 9 a pressure roller 12, thelatter roller being prelerably corrugated in order to beat against theother rollers when the device in operation. The large roller 12 has ashail t 11?, adapted for revolution in slotted hearings in the supports8 and 9 and has a handle l t by which it may be revolved, the shaftfitting loosely within its hearing and being held to the base 6 bysawing posts 15, having grooves 16 whereby the members are adapted forprojection over the shaft to hold same to the frame.

17 designates the supporting arms which are preferably formed or. strapmetal, each stamped to provide a slot 18, a. laterally oilfset head 1.),having a base 20, extending diagonally across the body of the arm, anattaching flange 21 extending at a right angle to the body oi the armand a concaved seat at the end opposite the attaching flange. The armsare adapted for mounting on the bench by projecting ends of the wringershaft 3 through the slots 18, so that one of the arms will be mounted ateach end of the wringer, and by screwing, or otherwise attaching theflanges 21 to the ends 10 of the base of the washing device asillustrated most clearly in Fig. 1H.

With the parts arranged as described, the arms may pivot on the wringershaft and may slide longitudinally thereon to extend the washing devicelaterally from the wringer, or to move the same thereto by sliding thearms over the wringcr shaft, the inner faces of the bench standardsbeing provided with pins 23 which may connect the parts of the wringerwith the bench and serve as supports for the arms, when the concavedlower ends of the latter are lowered thcreagainst in order to supportthe washing device above the wringer but in close relation thereto.

When the device is not in use. the arms 17 are arranged vertically onthe bench standards, with the concavcd seats 22 supported on the benchpins 23, in which position the upper ends of the slots will be close tothe wringer shaft, and the washing device sup ported at the top of thewringer, in order that the entire apparatus may occupy the leastpossible space.

When the washing device is to be used, the bench is set up and a tubplaced on one end thereof. The washing device is then lifted slightly tounseat the arms, and the arms are then pivoted on the wringer shaft andmoved longitudinally thereon to extend the device into the tub where itis supported by the arms resting on the edge of the tub. The washingdevice may then be used in the ordinary manner, and when the washing isfinished, or when it is desired to remove the device from the tub, thedevice may be raised and returned to its original position by slidingthe arms on the wringer shaft and lowering same thereon reversely to theaction heretofore described.

By providing the arms with the ofi'set portions, the arms may be mountedinside of the wringer standards and on the outer faces of the washingdevice supports so that the offset portions of the arms may bear againstthe device supports and brace the attachment, the diagonally arrangedoffsets allowing the washing device to drop at an angle to the benchwhen in idle position and thereby occupy less space than if the devicewere extended vertically or horizontally.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent is Claims.

1. The combination with a washer, of

slotted arms connected with the washer, supporting standards having ashaft projecting through the arm slots, whereby the arms are supportedby and adapted for sliding travel on said shaft, and means on saidstandards for engagement by said arms to support the latter in verticalposition.

2. The combination with a washer, of slotted arms having their outerends connected with the washer and having concave seats in their innerends, standards having a connecting shaft projected through the slots insaid arms and upon which the arms are adapted for guided travel, andpins on said standards upon which the concave seats are adapted to restwhen the arms are in vertical position. 7

3. The combination with a washer, of suitable standards, arms havingoutset end heads overlying and connected with the outer ends of saidwasher, and having sliding support at the inner sides of said standards,and means on said standards for supporting the arms in verticalposition.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY BUDD.

Witnesses A. TV. Hu'rcrnzs, F. E. BEAL.

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